“You take fifty photos, delete forty nine and use one”: A qualitative study of adolescent image-sharing practices on social media

Bell, Beth T.

doi:10.1016/j.ijcci.2019.03.002

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“You take fifty photos, delete forty nine and use one”: A qualitative study of adolescent image-sharing practices on social media

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Bell, Beth T.·2019·International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

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Authors: Bell, B. T.
Affiliations: York St John University (GB)
Corresponding author: Bell, Beth T.
ORCID: Bell, Beth T.
Venue: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2019-06
Volume: 20
Pages: 64-71
ISSN: 2212-8689 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcci.2019.03.002
OpenAlex: W2937759898
Cited by: 111
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 7
FWCI: 21.21
Type: journal article
Language: en
Update notices: erratum (2024-09-01)
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Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
Keywords: social media, self-presentation, physical attractiveness, online self-presentation, offline relationships, social feedback, adolescent identity, peer norms, relational development

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